Medieval Quotes

163 Medieval quotes by 143 unique authors

Science, incidentally, not only ignores the question of indwelling 'essences' by looking instead at measurable relationships, but science also does not agree that knowledge is… — Robert Anton Wilson
The evolution of government from its medieval, Mafia-like character to that embodying modern legal institutions and instruments is a major part of the history of… — Douglass North
It was a ludicrous, insane situation in which modern fighting men, possessed all of the highly destructive engines of war, were ordered to attack a… — Unknown Author
Typography fostered the modern idea of individuality, but it destroyed the medieval sense of community and integration. — Neil Postman
Religion, a medieval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly… — Salman Rushdie
Vainglory, however, no matter how much medieval Christianity insisted it was a sin, is a motor of mankind, no more eradicable than sex. — Barbara Tuchman
The top 400 people own more wealth now than the bottom 185 million Americans taken together. That is a medieval structure. — Gar Alperovitz
In Technologized Desire, the cultural pathologies that mark the panic ecstasy and terminal doom of the posthuman condition are powerfully rehearsed in the language of… — Arthur Kroker
Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception,… — Adrienne Clarkson
No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or… — Hu Shih
The medieval doctors of divinity who did not pretend to settle how many angels could dance on the point of a needle cut a very… — George Bernard Shaw
Faith in the possibility of science, generated antecedently to the development of modern scientific theory, is an unconscious derivative from medieval theology. — Alfred North Whitehead
The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling of the landowner of the Middle Ages. — Stephen Gardiner
Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the… — Joe Randazzo
Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the… — Joe Randazzo
But no, I don't think I'm particularly drawn to the period roles or the medieval roles. — Hugh Dancy
Maimed but still magnificent... Europe's mightiest medieval cathedral. — R. W. Apple
Now, the good of business is put above anything else, as corporations have become the new ruling body. Most decisions seem to be made like… — Julian Casablancas
The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology with profound historical… — Freeman Dyson
Icon of Prague, the medieval bridge crossed the Vltava between Old Town and the Little Quarter. Gothic bridge towers rose on both sides, and the… — Laini Taylor
Today the large organization is lord and master, and most of its employees have been desensitized much as were the medieval peasants who never knew… — Ralph Nader
To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self, an impossible claim that one should be at once Rose… — Joan Didion
Like fundamentalist Judaism and medieval Christianity, Islam is totalist. That is to say, it makes a total claim on the individual. — Martin Amis
My mom used to make my costumes when I was little; she sews a lot. One year, I was a bride and I had a… — Sasha Pieterse
They have a lot of trouble with pronunciation, because they can't move their jaw muscles, because of malnutrition caused by wisely refusing to eat English… — Dave Barry

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